Halo 5: Guardians (Xbox One)

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Armor and helmets

Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding armor.

ArmorHow to unlock
Mark VI (Gen1) helmet and armorEarn the "Your Journey Begins" achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Mark VI (Gen1) Scarred helmet and armorEarn the "Cairo Stations" achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Helioskrill helmet and armorEarn the "Legend" achievement in Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
Nightfall helmetWatch the Halo: Nightfall - Episode 1 "Second Story".
Nightfall armorWatch all five episodes of Halo: Nightfall.

Banshee Spawn Easter Egg

When Mission 2: Blue Team begins, proceed forward to the large window, then turn right to exit the ship. When you exit the ship and are on the deck overlooking the large ship, turn to the left and shoot the small black skull below the large window you just passed in the ship. Next, shoot just slightly below the (only) yellow light on the large ship directly in front of you to spawn a bunch of Banshees from the ship.

Easy "Double Stuff" and "Icy Cool" achievements

Play Mission 15: Guardians on the Heroic difficulty. Once you reach the energy cores (large blue balls with moving rings around them) part way through the mission, clear out the enemies, and work your way up to the left side to find another energy core at the top of the hill. Once ready, climb the tall rock nearby and Ground Pound (jump, then hold [Melee]) the energy core to get the "Icy Cool" achievement. If done correctly, it should be destroyed with a single hit. In the same area where you get the "Icy Cool" achievement, you can get the "Double Stuff" achievement, which requires you to destroy two energy cores within a five second window. Damage the first energy core you encounter and the next one up the hill to the left of that one so they turn red. Make sure to also kill all of the nearby enemies. Then, split your team into two groups, and coordinate the energy cores to be destroyed at the same time. If you are in co-op, just time it with your partner(s) (you can also attempt to get both achievements at the same time). If you are doing it solo, command the AI to destroy the core and immediately destroy your core as the other one is destroyed. If you fail, reload the checkpoint.

Easy "Maverick" achievement

Play Mission 5: Unconfirmed on the Easy difficulty in Co-op mode. Once you reach the final part of the mission in the drilling facility underground, you will find two mongooses on a large square platform with lots of enemies. Have two players get in one mongoose. The driver has a cannon on the front, and the backseat passenger should try using a shotgun (if possible) and throwing lots of grenades (you will have unlimited grenades) behind the mongoose to kill enemies. This can be done with up to four players. Once you get a total of 30 kills between your entire group in the vehicles, you will get the "Maverick" achievement. It should only take a minute or two to get enough kills for the achievement.

Easy "On My Mark" achievement

In Mission 2: Blue Team in co-op, as you enter the first room with enemies near the beginning, sneak to the left, assassinate the grunt, and jump up to the vent with your partner. Inside the vent, have one player take the right turn, and the other player continue straight. Each player can drop down the vents and onto an Elite. Once in position in the vents, together, countdown so you both assassinate your Elites at the same time. To assassinate an Elite, you must stealthily hit them from behind and hold [Melee]. If both players assassinate their Elites at the same time, both players will get the "On My Mark" achievement. If you fail, simply reload last checkpoint and try again.

Easy "Rolling Thunder" achievement

Play Mission 13: Genesis on the Heroic difficulty. As soon as the Scorpion tank spawns near the beginning of the mission, get inside it. Proceed forward and shoot one of the enemy Ghosts. Once one of the enemy Ghosts is destroyed, exit the tank and either shoot the Elite in the other Ghost or have your teammates shoot at the second enemy Ghost while you sneak up on it and hijack it. Then, drive the Ghost over to the other two nearby Ghosts. Order your teammates to get inside the three ghosts, then get inside the Scorpion tank to get the "Rolling Thunder" achievement. Note: If both Ghosts get destroyed, simply reload the last checkpoint and try again.

Easy "Worms Don't Surf" achievement

Play Mission 12: Battle Of Sunaion on the Easy difficulty. After you destroy all of the turrets, you will have to make your way up some disks. At the very end of this section, there are two Hunters. You need to knock these two Hunters off the edge to get the "Worms Don't Surf" achievement. It is a lot harder than it sounds, and is easier to do in co-op. If you are playing solo, either keep sending your AI team away from you or kill them so they do not kill the Hunters or enrage them. Get the Hunters to swing at you and get near the edge so they fall off. Once one of the Hunters is near the edge, get him to lunge at you and then dash away. If he does not fall off, Spartan Charge into him to shock him, and then try again. A good reason to do this in co-op is if you fall off with the first Hunter, a teammate can try to get the other Hunter to fall off the edge. After the first Hunter falls off the edge, the second Hunter will become enraged. Just keep running around the edge to lure the Hunter near you. Stand between him and the edge, and eventually he will swing at you and fall off the edge.

Requisition card categories

Requisition cards can belong to the following categories.

CategoryTypeAvailability
Armor ModsPermanentWarzone.
ArmorPermanentArena and Warzone.
AssassinationsPermanentArena and Warzone.
BoostsSingle-UseArena and Warzone.
CertificationsPermanentWarzone.
EmblemsPermanentArena and Warzone.
HelmetsPermanentArena and Warzone.
Loadout WeaponsPermanentWarzone.
Power WeaponsSingle-UseWarzone.
Power-UpsSingle-UseWarzone.
REQ Point GrantSingle-UseArena and Warzone.
StancePermanentArena and Warzone.
VehiclesSingle-UseWarzone.
VisorsPermanentArena and Warzone.
Weapons SkinsPermanentArena and Warzone.

Score Attack: Achievements

Complete the following achievements to unlock Microsoft Gamerscore points.

AchievementHow to unlock
Drop A Quarter (10 points)Complete a mission in Score Attack with at least 10,000 points.
Party Hearty (25 points)Complete a mission in Score Attack co-op, with all participants scoring at least 200,000 points.
The Hare (20 points)Beat the par time of a mission in Score Attack.
The Tortoise (50 points)Complete a mission in Score Attack with at least 500,000 points.
Up For A Challenge (20 points)Reach 50,000 points in Score Attack with a Skull multiplier of x2 or higher.

Various Achievements

Complete the following achievements to unlock Microsoft Gamerscore points.

AchievementHow to unlock
A New Dawn (10 points)Completed Mission 14.
All for One (40 points)Completed every co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty.
Argent Moon (10 points)Completed Mission 2.
Benchwarmer (10 points)Spectated a game.
Breakthrough (10 points)Completed Mission 10.
Bringing in the Big Guns (10 points)Called in a REQ that costs 5 Energy or more.
Castle Crasher (20 points)Completed 5 matchmade games of Strongholds.
Civil War (10 points)Completed Mission 12.
Conspiracy Theory (10 points)Found and claimed one piece of Intel.
Cry Havoc (10 points)Completed 3 matchmade games of Warzone.
Death from Above (10 points)Killed a Grunt and smashed a grate with a Ground Pound in Battle of Sunaion.
Double Stuff (10 points)Simultaneously destroyed 2 cores in Guardians on Heroic difficulty.
Emergency Boarding Procedures (10 points)Escaped the doomed Kraken by jumping onto a Phaeton piloted by a Spartan.
Enemy of my Enemy (10 points)Helped the Elite General charge the hill in Osiris on Heroic difficulty.
Escape (10 points)Completed Mission 6.
Fire Drill (10 points)Finished Evacuation within 18:00 without dying on Heroic difficulty.
Flag Monger (20 points)Completed 5 matchmade games of Capture the Flag.
Forging a Legend (60 points)Completed every Mission of the game on Legendary difficulty.
Gamemaster (10 points)Created and saved a Custom Game.
Glasslands (10 points)Completed Mission 3.
Go for the Gold (10 points)Opened a Gold REQ Pack.
Going the Distance (10 points)Completed Glassed without entering a vehicle.
Gravedigger (10 points)Found and claimed a Skull.
Gravelord (40 points)Found and claimed all Skulls.
Harbinger (10 points)Completed The Breaking on Legendary difficulty without the entire fireteam dying.
Heroes Rise (40 points)Completed every Mission of the game on Heroic difficulty.
Hunt the Truth (40 points)Found and claimed all Intel.
I Thought I'd Lost You (10 points)Escaped the Hunters in the lab and fought them in the hangar in Blue Team.
Icy Cool (10 points)Used a Ground Pound on an exterior power core in Guardians on Heroic difficulty.
Into the Fire (10 points)Completed Mission 1.
Kraken Lackin' (10 points)Completed Enemy Lines without destroying a Kraken turret.
Legacy (10 points)Completed every Mission of the game on Normal difficulty.
Lone Wolf (100 points)Completed every Mission of the game by yourself on Legendary difficulty.
Make Your Mark (10 points)Changed your Service Tag in the Spartan Hub.
Maverick (10 points)Teamed up in a vehicle to kill 30 enemies in Unconfirmed co-op.
My Rules (20 points)Completed any Mission with 3+ Skulls active on Heroic difficulty.
No Knock Raid (10 points)Destroyed 10 walls or floors in Swords of Sanghelios.
No Witnesses (10 points)Destroyed the Phantom at the Covenant camp in Reunion on Heroic difficulty.
Off to the Races (20 points)Completed 5 matchmade games of Breakout.
Old Bones (10 points)Completed Mission 9.
On My Mark (10 points)Simultaneously assassinated two Elites in Blue Team co-op.
One for All (10 points)Completed any co-op Mission on Heroic difficulty.
Preying Mantis (10 points)Completed Swords of Sanghelios co-op with both Mantises on Heroic difficulty.
Prison Break (10 points)Simultaneously killed two Wardens in The Breaking on Heroic difficulty.
Raise Your Banner (10 points)Changed your Emblem in the Spartan Hub.
Reclamation (10 points)Completed Mission 13.
Rolling Thunder (10 points)Operated four different vehicles at once in Mission 13 on Heroic difficulty.
Roots of the Earth (10 points)Completed Mission 4.
Savior (10 points)Kept 6 miners alive at the elevator in Evacuation on Heroic difficulty.
Sentinels (10 points)Completed Mission 15.
Shoot from the Hip (10 points)Completed Glassed without any players using Smart-Link.
Spartan Decimation (20 points)Completed 5 matchmade games of Slayer.
Stolen Gauntlet (10 points)Completed Mission 5.
Stormbound (10 points)Completed Mission 11.
Swords (10 points)Completed Mission 8.
Take a Hike (10 points)Traversed the canyon without a Phaeton in Reunion on Heroic difficulty.
Tank Still Beats Everything (10 points)Finished the 13th mission without losing the Scorpion on Legendary difficulty.
Together Again (10 points)Completed Mission 7.
Top of the Food Chain (30 points)Killed a Legendary Boss in Warzone.
Valor Recognized (20 points)Qualified for a Competitive Skill Rating.
Waiting on You (10 points)Killed an enemy that's had its armor repaired in Unconfirmed.
Warlord (20 points)Won a match on all three original Warzone maps.
Worms Don't Surf (10 points)Knocked two Hunters into the ocean during the Battle of Sunaion.
Your Style (10 points)Changed your Spartan's gear in the Spartan Hub.
Your Team is Your Weapon (10 points)Commanded your team of Spartans in Osiris.

Vending Machine Easter Egg

When Mission 3: Glassed begins, proceed forward. After passing the first structure on the right, you will see another building with a set of stairs. Go past the stairs and underneath the building. There is a room you can enter on the left that contains a Blu Soda vending machine. Go up to it (works best while holding the assault rifle) and "Activate" will appear. Activate it three times to spawn a magnum, activate it three more times for a shotgun, and activate it three more times to get the SAW. The SAW weapon is especially useful when playing the mission on the Heroic and Legendary difficulties.